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Types of Armour The Antiquities of England and Wales (1783)

Explanation of the Plate of Armour No. 1. A Shield called a Roundel. No. 2. A Target. No. 3. A Leaden Mallet, used by the archers, mentioned in the military part of the preface. No. 4. An Iron Mace us [...]

Keywords: armour, weapons, knights, shields, helmets, swords, spears, colour

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Added: 2004-02-22

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65.—Shield in the British Museum. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“It is equally difficult to determine the date of those valuable relics which have been found in various places, exhibiting a taste for symmetry and nice workmanship in the fabrication of their weapon [...]

Keywords: weapons, shields, greyscale

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Added: 2007-01-30

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66.—Shield in the Meyrick Collection Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“It is equally difficult to determine the date of those valuable relics which have been found in various places, exhibiting a taste for symmetry and nice workmanship in the fabrication of their weapon [...]

Keywords: weapons, shields, greyscale

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Added: 2007-01-30

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67.—Circular British Shield. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“It is equally difficult to determine the date of those valuable relics which have been found in various places, exhibiting a taste for symmetry and nice workmanship in the fabrication of their weapon [...]

Keywords: weapons, shields, greyscale

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Added: 2007-01-30

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80.—British and Roman Weapons. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

In the latter part of the summer of the year 55 B. C. (Halley, the astronomer, has gone far to prove that the exact day was the 26th of August), a Roman fleet crossed the Channel, bearing the infantry [...]

Keywords: weapons, swords, shields, helmets, axes, spears, greyscale

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Added: 2007-08-25

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86.—Prow of a Roman Galley. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“In the latter part of the summer of the year 55 B. C. (Halley, the astronomer, has gone far to prove that the exact day was the 26th of August), a Roman fleet crossed the Channel, bearing the infantr [...]

Keywords: soldiers, boats, weapons, shields, roman soldiers, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

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Added: 2007-04-24

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97.—Roman Soldiers. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Three Roman soldiers are shown: one with a round shield and two short spears or arrows, one with a tall shield obviously for riot control, and a long spear or javelin, and one seated on the ground. [. [...]

Keywords: soldiers, people, weapons, shields, costumes, greyscale

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Added: 2011-11-03

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114.—Conflict between Romans and Barbarians. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The wood engraving shows men with curved square shields and helmets fighting men with round shields at close range. The winners are always the ones to call the losers barbarians. For ninety-seven year [...]

Keywords: people, soldiers, battles, fighting, weapons, shields, death, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

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Added: 2012-07-09

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115.—Rome—A fragment after Piranesi. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

An engraving showing a fragment of a statue, or, more likely, a reproduction of a drawing by Piranesi of a Roman statue.

A short 1812 biography of Piranesi

Keywords: statuary, sketches, art, people, roman remains, shields, ruins, greyscale

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Added: 2012-09-11

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116.—Roman Victory. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Succeeding emperors left the Britons in the quiet advancement of their civilization, until Claudius (Fig. 118) was stirred up to the hazard of an invasion. In the sonorous prose of Milton—“He, who wai [...]

Keywords: symbols, art, writing, statuary, roman remains, shields, cartici, borders, frames, greyscale

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Added: 2012-09-12

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122.—The earliest figure of Britannia on a Roman coin. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Then came the terrible revolt of Boadicea or Bonduca,—a merciless rising, followed by a bloody revenge. [. . .] The Roman dominion in Britain nearly perished in this revolt. Partial tranquillity was s [...]

Keywords: coins, money, portraits, shields, greyscale

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Added: 2012-07-26

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191.—Arms and costume of the Tribes on the Western Shores of the Baltic. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Two young men are dressed as soldiers, with metal plate armour (or possibly leather armour). One has a spear or javelin, and the other a sword; both have shields and helmets. In the foreground a cur [...]

Keywords: people, soldiers, weapons, spears, shields, greyscale

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Added: 2009-08-03

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